Lexical behaviour in academic and technical corpora: Implications for ESP development

Language Learning and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 106-129

  Fuentes, Alejandro Curado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

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